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...TANGANYIKA (Br.) Pop.: 9,404,000. Size: 362,688 sq. mi. Literacy: 15%. School attendance: 40%. College graduates: 50 plus. Christians: 50%. First university now open. Critical school shortage; over 1,000 new teachers yearly. Witchcraft, female circumcision common...
...KENYA (Br. colony) Pop.: 7,000,000. Size: 224,960 sq. mi. Literacy: 50%. School attendance: 75%. College graduates: 400 plus. Christians: 15% ( + 15% nominal). LInder British, who expect to grant once Mau Mau-ridden colony freedom by 1964, Kenya is spending one-sixth of budget on education. Its Kamba witch doctors are famed...
...UGANDA (Br. protectorate) Pop.: 6,597,000. Size: 93,981 sq. mi. Literacy: 40%. School attendance: 50%. Christians: 38%. Only 3,845 secondary school students. Most Ugandans consult witch doctors. Despite high murder rate (800 yearly), ritual killings rare...
...SUDAN (Br. & Egyptian)Pop.: 12,100,000. Size: 967,500 sq. mi. Literacy: 5%. School enrollment: 318,000. College graduates: 200 plus. Christians: Less than 2%. Moslems: 80%. Strongman Ibrahim Abboud seeks unified Moslem state. Few savage practices...
...SOMALIA (Br. & Italian) Pop.: 2,000,000. Size: 246,000 sq. mi. Literacy: 10%. School attendance: Under 5%. College graduates: 100. Moslems: nearly 100%. Nomadic peoples are mostly illiterate. British and Italians educated small cadre to take over government. Few savage customs...